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syllogism Noun a form of reasoning consisting of two premises and a conclusion, for example some temples are in ruins; all ruins are fascinating; so some temples are fascinating [Greek sullogismos] syllogistic adj syllogism a form of reasoning in which two propositions or premises are stated and a logical conclusion is drawn from them. Each premise has the subject-predicate form, and each shares a common element called the middle term. See also: Logica form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a logical conclusion is drawn from them. See also logic. — syllogistic, adj. See also: Argumentation
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But he does not bind up truth in logical formulae,-- logic is still veiled in metaphysics; and the science which he imagines to "contemplate all truth and all existence" is very unlike the doctrine of the syllogism which Aristotle claims to have discovered. This may be called the syllogism arithmetical, in which, by From that premise the school of tulip-fanciers, the most exclusive of all schools, worked out the following syllogism in the same year: -- |
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